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    LRRPF52 replied to the thread XM7 worries from the field..
    They recently released a photo of a shortened XM7 with 10.5” barrel and a labyrinthine suppressor. That’s their answer to reducing size...
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    LRRPF52 reacted to carbonbased's post in the thread XM7 worries from the field. with Haha Haha.
    Yeah. You get it. I mean…the best next rifle might not even be a rifle. Now where’s that peyote button man
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    LRRPF52 replied to the thread Shouldered barrel AR15?.
    That has been done recently. It’s all hammer-forged with the extension and gas block integral to the same piece of metal as the barrel...
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    LRRPF52 replied to the thread XM7 worries from the field..
    At least 2 of the 4 have already executed, not just talkers. 1 was instrumental in the development and fielding of Mk.262 77gr, for...
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    LRRPF52 replied to the thread XM7 worries from the field..
    If you had given me a tiny fraction of NGSW’s budget, there would already be an 11.5” upper fielded to early units with the moderator...
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    LRRPF52 reacted to roostercogburn98's post in the thread XM7 worries from the field. with Like Like.
    It’s an undefinable parameter. Something will always “underperform” at something, and that something is subjective to whoever is...
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    LRRPF52 reacted to Trigger Monkey's post in the thread Scoped Carbine Cheat Sheet with Love Love.
    I put together a scoped carbine cheat sheet that I thought some people here might find useful. I made a more generalized AR-15 version...
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    LRRPF52 reacted to Cascade Hemi's post in the thread Shouldered barrel AR15? with Like Like.
    The FAL barrel threads into the receiver face, the bolt head spaces from a locking shoulder pressed laterally into the receiver. The...
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    LRRPF52 reacted to carbonbased's post in the thread XM7 worries from the field. with Like Like.
    Weirdly, creativity thrives when there are restraints. Often creativity stalls when all worlds are possible. Hypothesize the problem...
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    LRRPF52 replied to the thread XM7 worries from the field..
    You could take 4 of us from this thread and make a dramatically-superior NGSW submission plus a superior DM carbine than anything that...
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    LRRPF52 replied to the thread XM7 worries from the field..
    The factories cranking-out PGMs, loitering munition UAS, and Kamikazee drones are only increasing in order and production volume. Their...
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    LRRPF52 replied to the thread XM7 worries from the field..
    They’ve already had Russians surrendering to ground robots while aerial drones over-watched. And this is in a protracted conflict where...
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    LRRPF52 replied to the thread XM7 worries from the field..
    I don’t think there is any real incentive for buy-in across NATO and Pacific allies to switch the basic small arms cartridge right now...
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    LRRPF52 reacted to dms416's post in the thread XM7 worries from the field. with Like Like.
    Relax...LAV got this! https://soldiersystems.net/2025/09/27/the-caliber-cluster-by-lav/ But seriously though... In terms of...
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    LRRPF52 replied to the thread XM7 worries from the field..
    The other hard thing about streamlining logistics right now is that NATO is effectively in a war of logistics for the nations not...